Taliaferro County, Georgia
Founding: 1825 Parent counties: Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, and Wilkes Namesake: Benjamin Taliaferro, Georgia politician Seat: Crawfordville (1825–) Land area: 195 square miles Population (2020): 1,559 Population (historic): 4,934 (1830); 4,583 (1860); 7,034 (1880); 7,912 (1900); 6,172 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1860–1920; 1930s; 1990s Subdivisions: Two cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 110 (10.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 46.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 42% Average farmhouse value (1930): $317 Average outbuilding value (1930): $88 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,553 Average farm size (1920): 30.1 acres ________________________________________________________________________...